Pycnanthemum virginianum
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Pycnanthemum virginianum, the Virginia or common mountain-mint,[1] is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is a herbaceous plant with narrow, opposite, simple leaves, on wiry, green stems. The flowers are white with purplish spotting, borne in summer. Like most plants in the genus, the foliage has a strong mint fragrance when crushed or disturbed. It is native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada.[2][3]
The flowers are visited by many insects, including honeybees, cuckoo bees, sweat bees, thread-waisted wasps, potter wasps, tachinid flies, wedge-shaped beetles, and pearl crescent butterflies.[4]
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- Pycnanthemum
- Flora of the Northeastern United States
- Flora of the North-Central United States
- Flora of the Southeastern United States
- Flora of Eastern Canada
- Flora of the Appalachian Mountains
- Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America)
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status